Technology
BT's £400m TalkTalk Rescue Signals a New Era of State Control Over Telecoms
BT has bought TalkTalk and PlatformX out of a pre-pack rescue sale, keeping 2.5 million customers online while Whitehall decides the deal's fate.
By Jamie Fisher
Digital Age Verification Is the Trojan Horse for Mandatory ID
The UK just made it legal for pubs to verify age with a face-scan app. The real story is government-controlled identity infrastructure normalized through convenience.
By Jamie Fisher
Fortaegis Raises $50M to Scale Encrypted Silicon as Defense and AI Infrastructure Race for Security
A Dutch chip-security startup just raised $50M from Tokyo Electron's venture arm and defense-linked investors, betting on unclonable encryption keys.
By Jamie Fisher
Trump Just Drew a Line. The US and Europe Are Now on Opposite Sides of AI.
Trump rejected AI safety guardrails and attacked Anthropic's Dario Amodei directly. For UK and European businesses, the regulatory fork just became real.
By Jamie Fisher
The 10% Problem: Why AI Engineers Are Openly Fearing Extinction
A senior researcher's resignation from Anthropic, and a 10 percent extinction estimate from a colleague, are forcing AI's existential risk debate into the open.
By Jamie Fisher